I'll admit, I really only got into her music last year. At first I only knew the name, then I heard one of her songs during an Olympic skating event (though I can't recall which song it was now). Wasn't all that impressed, but then they also started playing this sample of Paparazzi during the commercials for a dog show. I didn't care for the lyrics (though I realize the creepiness is intentional), but thought the melody was pretty.
It wasn't until the Glee episode that I heard one of her songs in full, and thought both sounded good. Then I heard the originals, and some of the others, and I have to say I like a good portion of them now. This new one really catchy, and I can't wait to hear the finished version of You and I.
I listened to Born This Way a few times to digest it, and to be honest, I don't feel like it has lived up to the hype behind it. Sure, its okay, but it doesn't feel particularly Gaga-esque, especially in the lyrics. The lyrics of some of her previous songs were fairly complex and had multiple layers of meaning to them (which is one of the reasons I cite Alejandro, Dance in the Dark, Telephone, Love Game, and Bad Romance as her best in my opinion). BTW feels so... flat. Plus, she's gonna have some angry people banging on her door. Gaga dear, did you know that "Orient" is a pretty offensive and outdated term?
I really, really hope that her full album released this year will be more of what has made Gaga so unique and fun to listen to. I heard "You and I" at her concert, and it was great. Maybe that new album will still have that classic Gaga flavor with a few new things. Maybe not. Only time will tell.
I always found her music a tad slow, but that isn't anything I can't fix w/ music editing software. >:3
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.I might like Born This Way if it didn't sound so artificial and also if it wasn't the same song as Express Yourself. At least it was a nice thought.
edited 20th Feb '11 11:35:50 AM by spasticgecko
Yeah, I was also sort of ambivalent to Born This Way when I first heard it. It's a good song, don't get me wrong, but it's missing that Gaga spark, I dunno. It's like as if she was singing someone elses song instead of something she wrote herself, you know what I mean?
In fact, the single kinda made me lose all my hopes of a truly epic album.
But then I heard this:
it's a remix of an album song used for some fashion show or other, and apparently it doesn't even contain the chorus of the original if the comment box beneath the video is to be believed.
i don't know about you, but i think that even the remix version sounds awesome, and i usually don't even like remixes. and considering that Gaga has said that Born This Way is the odd one out in her new album, it kind of makes me be excited again. but i guess we won't know until may. or if someone leaks the songs sometime soon.
edited 24th Feb '11 12:05:10 AM by deans
The video has been released. I love it.
Also, I thought the downward pointing triangle that appeared at the beginning of the video pointing upright at the end was nice subtle touch. The whole accepting vs. hatred aspect of the video was nicely framed by the downward-pointing triangle, which was symbol of shame placed upon gays by the Nazis, becoming upright at the end - a symbol of gays rights and acceptance.
I love Gaga. There's been very few pop stars of this level and fame who have been this outspoken and in favor of gay people.
I don't like the new stuff to be honest thematically it's good but it lacks the energy or something of her previous stuff and I can see why people compare it to express yourself plus I didn't need the intro it's a bit too long
anyway I'll probably grow to like it, I didn't like Arcade Fire's The Suburbs when I first heard it it took a while to grow on me
edited 1st Mar '11 7:21:51 AM by faradayangel
Humour, where would we be without it? In Germany, probablyI've only seen it once, but the beginning part confused me. Lady Gaga was born to be the savior of the world but split herself into a good and evil half or something? It sounded like the prologue to a science fiction novel or something. I'm hoping it comes into play in more of her future music videos.
The parts with the actual music on the other hand were nice. Good visuals, Zombie Gaga was creepy but that's what she goes for, nice overall.
Telephone is still my favorite of her music videos though. :shrug:
Well, I found the single to be a massive disappointment. It's like the producer thought "Oh fuck melody and harmony, I'll just throw a bunch of noise into the mix".
The thing is, it's the same producer from "Dance In The Dark" which was a great song.
I just hope the rest of the album is better. If not, I'm already working on commissioning a picture of Lady Gaga jumping over a shark tank on a motorcycle.
Edit: By the way let this go on record for all time and be quoted against me in a court of elitist musical law. xerxyxl or whatever the fuck his name is defended a Lady Gaga song.
edited 6th Mar '11 4:41:34 PM by xexyzl
Just saw the video, and...
Good lord, Todd In The Shadows is going to have a fit.
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...I read in my local paper that this song has been declared a "New Gay Anthem". Who decides these things? THIS AIN'T NO ANTHEM OF MINE!!!!
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.Don't you know? The Federated Gay Council decreed it from their secret mountaintop fortress. Their word is law. Gay law.
Words cast into the uncaring void of the internet....Sounds like the same people who decided that the closet sounds like "Over the rainbow".
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.I've been getting used to Lady Gaga, but this video freaked me out (it actually made me laugh from crossing the line maybe four times in terms of over-the-top bizzarity). To be honest, I think that this video actually CONFIRMS everything TITS has been WMGing about Lady Gaga.
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...

^^ They say her whole persona of a grotesque pop star parody is the same thing Madonna did. I haven't heard any Madonna songs, so I wouldn't know.
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